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Frances Barber
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Frances Barber - what members say
review by Joliefan from BLACKPOOL, UK
Excellent all round performances. 24 March 2010
Frances Barber - filmography
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet
Director: Brian Kirk
Certificate: 
Everything can change in a heartbeat.
On a cold winter's day, orphan Pip has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. Pip's innocent act of kindness towards this man is to have far reaching consequences for them both. Meanwhile, Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and ..read more »
 
76%
from 273 members
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Midsomer Murders - Master Class
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Edward Fox
Director: Renny Rye
Certificate:
Piano student Zoe Stock has won a place at the Devington Manor Winter School led by internationally renowned musician Sir Michael Fielding. From the riverbank in the grounds of the manor she sees a woman jump from the bridge and disappear underwater.
When Barnaby and Jones start investigating the ..read more »
78%
from 103 members
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The Fattest Man In Britain
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Frances Barber, Richard Riddell
Director: David Blair
Certificate: 
Timothy Spall stars in this one-off ITV comedy drama written by Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope. Georgie Godwin (Spall) is officially the Fattest Man in Britain. His agent, Morris Morrissey (Bobby Ball) is in charge of making sure that Georgie retains his title, and keeps the cash cow alive by ..read more »
67%
from 282 members
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King Lear
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Frances Barber
Director: Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn
Certificate:
The Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the Bard's famous tale/ this lavish interpretation features an all star cast that includes Sir Ian McKellen, Frances Barber, Sylvester McCoy and Romola Garai.
69%
from 169 members
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Funland
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Daniel Mays, Ian Puleston-Davies, Judy Parfitt
Director: Brian Kirk, Susan Tully, Dearbhla Walsh
Certificate: 
Set in Blackpool over one long weekend, Funland plunges you into the black heart of the resort town, bringing the saucy seaside postcard screaming into the twenty-first century. Join the characters on a mysterious journey where nothing is quite what it seems...
71%
from 1,389 member
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Suzie Gold
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Summer Phoenix, Leo Gregory, Daniel Mendoza
Director: Richard Cantor
Certificate:
Following a model example by her sister, Suzie Gold's parents expect nothing less than another nice Jewish boy as a second son in law. That might be Anthony Silver, a handsome young man approved of by the family. However, there's also Darren at work. He's very attractive too and really more her ..read more »
51%
from 2,281 members
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The Red Siren
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Asia Argento, Frances Barber
Director: Olivier Megaton
Certificate:
Alice, a 12 year old girl, accuses her mother of murder and has to go on the run when her mother orders a hit on her. She hides in a car belonging to Hugo, a trained killer, who reluctanly agrees to help Alice find her father, even though he knows that they have no chance of succeeding.
46%
from 331 members
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Manchild - Series 1
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nigel Havers, Anthony Stewart Head, Ray Burdis
Director: David Evans
Certificate:
This gentle comedy series follows the lives of four men who have just reached the landmark of turning 50 but have no plans to grow old gracefully! With only one of them still managing to maintain his marriage, the "lads" are seemingly free to indulge in all sorts of hedonistic pleasures in an ..read more »
69%
from 401 members
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Superstition
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sienna Guillory, Mark Strong, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Kenneth Hope
Certificate:
When a baby of a wealthy Italian couple is killed during a mysterious fire, the attention is focused on their young nanny Julie, who is branded a witch by the press. Whilst her lawyer and a former psychiatrist try and clear her name it becomes clear that the fire is not the only supernatural ..read more »
49%
from 216 members
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Shiner
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Martin Landau, Michael Caine, Matthew Marsden
Director: John Irvin
Certificate:
Michael Caine stars in this British crime drama as Billy "Shiner" Simpson, a former boxer who, after ruining his chances at becoming a champ is now a small-time boxing promoter representing his son Eddie (Matthew Marsden). Eddie has accomplished everything Billy couldn't, and is set to fight an ..read more »
56%
from 376 members
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The Escort
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Noah Taylor
Director: Michael Blanc
Certificate:
In Michel Blanc's THE ESCORT, Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) leaves his family and flees to London to work on a novel. There he meets Tom (Stuart Townsend), a male escort, who leads Pierre into his underground world of sex and money. However, the more time Pierre spends servicing unfulfilled women, the ..read more »
52%
from 814 members
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Photographing Fairies
(1997)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Toby Stephens, Emily Woof
Director: Nick Willing
Certificate: 
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to ..read more »
81%
from 14 members
Currently unavailable
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Rhodes
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Martin Shaw, Neil Pearson, Frances Barber
Director: David Drury
Certificate:
The extraordinary story of Cecil Rhodes (Martin Shaw), the 19th-century British businessman who changed the shape of Africa and became the wealthiest man in the Western world. This lavish drama recreates the violent and destructive diamond rush in which thousands of men lost their lives, and the ..read more »
69%
from 142 members
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Soft Top, Hard Shoulder
(1992)
Starring: Richard Wilson, Simon Callow, Phyllis Logan
Director: Stefan Schwartz
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With his father's birthday looming, Gavin sets out to drive to Glasgow from London. This simple task turns into the journey from hell courtesy of a troublesome car and the exasperating presence of hitchhiker Yvonne. Together and under pressure, the pair encounter a series of eccentric characters in ..read more »
57%
from 17 members
Currently unavailable
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Young Soul Rebels
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Sophie Okonedo
Director: Isaac Julien
Certificate:
On an East London housing estate, when a black gay man is murdered, a series of racial, social and sexual tensions are sparked off. Focussing on Chris and Caz, a pair of funky pirate radio DJs, amid the punks and skinheads of their local area, this late 1970s set drama is a colourful, controversial ..read more »
53%
from 304 members
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Castaway
(1986)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe, Georgina Hale
Director: Nicolas Roeg
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Oliver Reed stars as a publisher who places a newspaper advert for a young girl to join him for a one year survival adventure in a long forgotten paradise island off the Australian coast. Amanda Donohoe débuts as the girl who must cope with the arduous conditions and her partner's laziness.
51%
from 19 members
Currently unavailable
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A Zed and Two Noughts
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Andrea Ferreol, Joss Ackland, Brian Deacon
Director: Peter Greenaway
Certificate:
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The always elliptical Peter Greenaway once again creates a beautiful film-as-puzzle. This tale concerns twin zoologist brothers whose wives are killed in a freak car crash involving a rare swan. The brothers form an unusual and strangely close relationship with Alba, the woman who was driving the ..read more »
62%
from 1,534 member
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A Zed And Two Noughts - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Andrea Ferreol, Joss Ackland, Brian Deacon
Director: Peter Greenaway
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The always elliptical Peter Greenaway once again creates a beautiful film-as-puzzle. This tale concerns twin zoologist brothers whose wives are killed in a freak car crash involving a rare swan. The brothers form an unusual and strangely close relationship with Alba, the woman who was driving the ..read more »
63%
from 9 members
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...f pathos from the role and is a really sympathetic character. The experience of Frances Barber shines through and the tough exterior belies the innocence of Amy, admirably po...
